Bicycle-support.



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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VICTOR MARIUS GABRIELLE, OF NATIONAL SOLDIERS IIOME, VIRGINIA.

v.BICYCLE-euPPORT.

SPECIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 696,718,7*dated January v, 190,2.

Application niet my 15, 1901.

Be itknown that I, VICTOR AMnnlus GA- BRIELLE, a citizen of the United States, residing at National Soldiers Home",in Athe county of Elizabeth and State of Virginia, have made certain new and useful Improvementsin Bicycle-Supports, of which the following is a specification.

' This invention is an improvement in bicycle-supports, and has for'an object, among others, to provide an improved fastening by which to prevent the front wheel from turning when the bicycle is supported when not in use; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and. combinations of parts, as will beA hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view-of a bicycle, partly broken away, provided with my improvements. Fig. 2 is a detail perspective view of the fork-fasteningY devices applied toa bicycle, a portion only of the latter being shown- Fig. 3 ris a detail perspectiveV view of that portion of the fastener designed to be applied to the fork of the front wheel. Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of that portion of the fastening designed to be applied to the head of the bicycle; and Fig. 5 illustrates in detail the construction of the bicycle-support, as will be more fully de-l scribed hereinafter.

The fastening for preventing the front wheel from turning is shown as consisting of aportion A, designed to be connected with the head B of a bicycle, and a section C, designed for connection with the fork D. For convenience of reference I will refer to the sction A as the head-section and to the section C as the fork-section of the fastening. The section C is composed of the main member or front portion E, which is constructed with the forwardly-projecting part E', having at its middle the slot which forms a seat for the latch-plate,presently described. The section E is also provided with laterally-extending portions E3, which are provided with slots E4, elongated laterally and receiving the clamping-bolts F, by which the member E is connected with the back plate Gin the application of the section C to the fork of the bicycle.

By preference the member E is formed from Sera1No. 68,315. (No model.) v

at its middle to provide the seat E2 and then bent between its middle and its ends to provide the other portions, as before described. When applied to the bicycle-fork D, the member E is arranged at the front side of the fork, overlapping the opposite arms' thereof," as shown, and the back plate Gr is correspondingly arranged. against the rear side of the fork, and the bolts F connect the parts Eand Gr and serve to bind thempirmly u pon the fork. It will be noticed the fork-section C is arranged a short distance above the periphery of the wheel and clear of said wheel, as best shown in Fig. l. It will be noticed that the section C can be readily applied to and removedfrom the bicycle and permits of a certain range of adjustment to permit its application to forks of different widths.

The latch H for engagement in the seat E2 is preferably a plateassl1own, which is pivoted at its upper end between the ends I ot' ajclasp Lwhose ends I are connected by the bolt I2, which also forms a pivot for thelatch-plate H, so the latter can be conveniently thrown down into the s lot E2or up out of the way, as

a wire orrod of suitable metal bent upon itself may be desired. The bolt I2 has at one end a flattened head IS, on which is pivoted by a bolt I4 the bracket I?, which forms a seat for one end of the supporting-rod J, the opposite end of which is pivoted at J to the arms K of the clasp K, which is secured upon the framebar L of th'e bicycle.

In the operation of the fork-fastening means before described it' will be noticed that when' the latch H is lowered to thefull-line position shown inFig. 1 it will lieavithin the slot E2.

of the fork-section and operate to prevent the fork from turning in the post of the bicycle, to which the latch is secured by the clasp I. The support J may be readily adjusted from the dotted-line position, Fig.,1, V where it is 'supported by the bracket I5, 'to the full-line position shown in saidv figure, where itrwill support the bicycle in an upright position, as desired. From the foregoing itis evident that the-support J will hold the bicycle from tiltting to one side and will coperate with the fastening means A and C, which prevent the front wheel from turning to preserve the bicycle in the position to which it may be adj usted.

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The construction is simple and inexpensive, can be readily applied to any ordinary form of bicycle, and will efficiently serve the purpose for which it is intended.

While the construction of the member E as shown is preferred, it is manifest such member might be formed from a metal plate having a suitable vertical ange for engagement by the securing-bolts and a forwardly-projecting flange slotted to receive the latch H, also that the member G may be made of wire, if desired ,without departing from the principles of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In a bicycle-support, a fork-section composed of a rear member having openings for the bolts, a front member having laterallyelongated slots for the passage of the fastening-bolts and arranged to lap in front of the fork, and provided with a seat for the latchplate, the bolts connecting said front and rear members, and the latch-plate, substantially as set forth.

2. In a bicycle-support, a forli-section composed of a front member having a central forwardly-opening slot forming a seat for the latch-plate and laterally-projecting portions to overlap the arms of the fork and provided with openings for the clamping-bolts, back plate to overlap the arms of the fork on the side opposite the front member and the clamping-bolts connecting said member and back plate, the latter being adapted for application to the fork of a bicycle and the latch-plate, substantially as set forth.

3. A fork-section composed of a front meniber bent from a length of suitable material to provide the forwardly-projecting portion returned providing the forwardly-opening slot, and the lateral portions providing the laterally-elongated slots and arranged to overlap the front of the fork-bars, the back plate overlapping the rear of the fork-bars and the clamping-bolts connecting the front member y and back plate and the latch-plate, substantially as set forth.

4E. The combination of the bicycle, the supporting-bar therefor, a clasp embracing the frame-bar of the bicycle and to which the snpporting-bar is pivoted at one end, and the Wheel-fastening devices comprising a clasp embracing the post of tne bicycle, a bolt connecting the ends of said clasp and the bracket carried by said bolt and arranged to form a support for the swinging end of the bicyclesupport, substantially as set forth.

VICTOR MARIUS GABRIELLE. Witnesses:

J AMES WILSON, SAMPsoN J. HARRISON. 

